deathless
Adjective 1. Immortal, never dying; enduring forever. Describes something (typically fame, glory, a name, or artistic work) that is so great or significant it will never be forgotten or cease to exist in memory or effect. * His deathless contributions to science will be remembered for centuries. * The poet sought to create deathless verse.
The adjective "deathless" is a literary and formal term. It is most commonly used to describe abstract concepts like fame, glory, honor, or artistic/creative works (e.g., poetry, music) that achieve a timeless, eternal quality. It is not typically used for living beings in a literal sense.
Examples * The composer's deathless symphony continues to inspire musicians today. * They fought for a deathless cause: freedom and justice for all. * Her deathless loyalty to her friends was her most admirable trait.
- "Deathless prose/verse": A common collocation used, sometimes ironically, to describe writing that is intended to be of great and lasting literary merit.
- The author labored for years to produce what he hoped would be deathless prose.
- The term can carry a slightly elevated or rhetorical tone, emphasizing the supreme and everlasting nature of the subject.
- Deathlessly (adverb): In an immortal or everlasting manner.
- Her name is deathlessly engraved in the history books.
- Deathlessness (noun): The quality of being deathless; immortality.
- The deathlessness of his artistic legacy is unquestioned.
- Immortal: Never dying or decaying.
- Undying: Never ending; eternal.
- Everlasting: Lasting forever or for a very long time.
- Timeless: Not affected by the passage of time.
- Imperishable: Not subject to decay or destruction.
- Mortal: Subject to death.
- Ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time.
- Transient: Lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
- Fleeting: Lasting for a very short time.
- never dying
- his undying fame